Deferred Adjudication Means It 'Goes Away'... Right?

Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Wed, 07/02/2008 - 11:10pm

From an email:

If you have the time, and don't mind, may I have your perspective on Article 42.12 - the specified portion:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
If the judge discharges the defendant under this section, the judge may set aside the verdict or permit the defendant to withdraw his plea, and shall dismiss the accusation, complaint, information or indictment against the defendant, who shall thereafter be released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense or crime of...



 

More related items

The Right Not To Testify Against Yourself (aka the 5th...
…supposedly can’t be held against you, right? It wouldn’t really be a ‘right’ if jurors were allowed to hold it against you. Houston criminal defense lawyer...

The Right Not To Testify Against Yourself (aka the 5th...
…supposedly can’t be held against you, right? It wouldn’t really be a ‘right’ if jurors were allowed to hold it against you. Houston criminal defense lawyer...

The Right Not To Testify Against Yourself (aka the 5th...
…supposedly can’t be held against you, right? It wouldn’t really be a ‘right’ if jurors were allowed to hold it against you. Houston criminal defense lawyer...

Should a Lawyer's Mistake Kill the Client?
There’s been some poorly reasoned counter-arguments bandied about the blogosphere regarding the push to have Sharon ‘Killer’ Keller sanctioned, impeached and/or disbarred...

Recent Searches
In bold, the search terms that Google Analytics tracked to my site: Sect of liars – I belong to several different criminal defense lawyer associations, so it seems appropriate for me to...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.